Improvement in gun-wipers



TL Y. BROWN. Gun-Wiper.

No. 219,385. Patented sept. 9,1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

T. YARDIJEY BROWN, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPRYOVMENT IN GUN-WIPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,385, datedSeptember 9, 1879; application iiled May 12, 1879.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that 1, T. YARDLEY BROWN, of the city of Reading, county ofBerks, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Gun Wipers or Oleaners, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement is more particularly related to the gun-wiperpatent,No. 214,484, issued to me on the 22d day of April, A. D. 1879 5and consists in archange in the mode of Stringing the elastic cone andpatches, by which change I am enabled to make use of a heavier and stronger cord than was possible under the patent above mentioned.

In practice I have found that where a barrel has become very rustyconsiderable force must be used to draw the cone and patches through,very frequently more force than the cord as previously used couldsustain.

After an extended trial of several modifications of my improvement, Ifind the arrangement depicted in Figures 1 and 2 to meet everyrequirement. Fig. 3 is an alternative device.

I make no change in the elastic cone, except that the hole piercedthrough it longitudinally is now made very small, just sufficient for awire of about one-sixteenth (Tl) of an inch to pass through 5 this forsporting-guns, smallarms, &c. For ordnance the size of the holder isproportionally increased.

The wires, of brass, iron, or steel, after being cut to lengths, usuallyabout two inches long,

have one end bent at right angles with' the body, forming a hook varyingin length from one-eighth (9;) of an inch upward, according to the sizeof bore to be operated upon. The elastic cone is then slipped upon theopposite end and backed up with a leather washerre-enforced by a metalwasher, upon which the wire end is riveted down, thus preventing thewithdrawal of the cone. The patches are drawn over the bent end of thewire upon the cone. In bending the hook the wire is partially upset, sothat the shearing section of the hook shall equal the tensile section ofthe body.

To enable the hunter to use the cone-holder, I provide a cylinder, E,Fig. 2, of such diaine ter as will slide freely through the barrel to becleaned. This cylinder has at one end an eye, F, for the reception ofthe loop of the cord B.

At the other end it is slotted both longitudinally and at right angles,as shown at g g, and of depth sufficient to drop the holder B below thesurface of the cylinder E.

To retain the holder B in position, I place upon the'r cylinder E aswinging latch, h, corrugated in the center longitudinally for thepurpose of stiffening it, and also that the corrugation shall catch inthe slot g above the holder B, and thus remain fixed until purposelylifted and turned aside.

The loop of the cord B through the eye F of the cylinder E is secured bya metal tubeprotector, J punched down at the center of the lap, whichgives a strong and neat connection between the two. The metal guard K atthe opposite or terminal end of the cord B' is modified, dispensing withthe knife-point of my Patent 214,484, and increasing the weight andlength of the guard, for the purpose of first drawing the cord Bmorerapidly through the barrel, and, secondly, to gain more purchase indrawing the cone and patches through the barrel. By wrappin g the cordaround the guard and grasping both in the hand, the strain of the pullis borne by the guard, and the hand is to that extent relieved.

One cord and cylinder will answer for several sizes of elastic cones,the Wires for guns and small-arms being of auniform size. Avery slightaddition to the weight of the sportsmans kit therefore gives a verygreat range of cleaning capacity.

Fig. 1 represents the cone-holder B, elastic cone A, patches D, hook b,and washers C. Fig. 2 represents the cylindrical holder E, with the slotg g for the reception ofthe coneholder B, catch or latch h, eye F,loop-protector J, cord B', and guard K.

To use the cleaner or wiper, the cone-holder B is relnovcd from thecylinder-slot g gby lifting and turning the latch li to one side. Ahalf-turn is then given the cone-holder B, when it can be slid out ofthe slot g of the cylinder E. The patches D are then slipped over thehook b onto the cone A. The holder B is reinserted in the slot g, slidup, a halfturn given, the latch h swung back in place, and the wiper isready for cleaning. The guard K is now dropped through the barrel,carrying the cord B' along. When wrapping the protruded cord on theguard it is grasped by the hund and drawn thronghthe barrehthe elasticcone A causing the patches D to follow all the inequalities ofthe bore,and thoroughly cleansing the same.

Having fully described my improvement, what I claim is as follows, toWit:

l A gun-wiper, A, composed of acorrugated elastic material of cone shapemounted upon wire holders B, said holders being hooked at one end forthe purpose shown, and at the other end riveted upon re-enforeed WashersC hack or' the cone A, as described.

2. The cylinder E, slotted 'at f/ g for the reception of the hook end ofthe holder B, and having a swinging latch, h, corrugated longitudinally,and provided with au eye, F, for the loop of the cord B, as shown anddescribed.

3. The cord B', provided at one end with the metal guard K, and at theother end with the loop F and loop-protector J, when used in connectionwith the cone-holder B aud cylinder.

